Bill Gates is doing what money should be doing. Using it to solve some serious problems - things that are wrong with the planet.
1. He used some of his cash to tackle malaria - vaccinations in poor nations and access to the medicines
2. Mosquito nets - provide cheap nets to impoverished areas to avoid the anopheles attack in the first place
3. Other important medicines and vaccines including AIDS medications - tackle the multiplier effect by hitting at the source of viral spread
4. Low cost computing resources with partenrships like Cisco etc in parts of the world where its hard to survive let alone go to school
5. Now with his latest effort to reinvent the TOILET. I think this takes the CAKE - literally might do that one day and convert it to fuel or some such.
Low cost 'To go' solutions for the billions still without access to clean water and a place to relieve themselves.
I don't particularly care whether Windows is a good software and what imagination went into the Office products or not but I do take interest in what comes out - personally - and how we deal with it.
Or rather Bill is putting his money where other people's rectum is and that is a good thing!
Cool cat the Japanese are Tokyo at dusk My second visit to this land of the rising sun after almost a decade. Back then clearly I was wet behind the ears product manager and likely didn’t pay attention to all (efficient) things Japanese. But today I did and of course continue to be impressed. It is as much the obvious stuff like on time travel that is both clean and comfortable and all that which makes it possible. The impressive landmark and landscapes that these humans have put together despite their cramped (or because of it) surroundings and precarious geological conditions could amaze a novice architect among us. But it’s also the little things that someone had to think about which have a phenomenal impact on day to day lives that make the Japanese stand apart. Below are few random examples- 1. Providing a very fine machined wooden toothpick in every packet of wooden chopsticks. The said chapsticks are simply set on the To Go counter of any food vendor/ convenience store wher...
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/indian-firm-eram-solutions-wins-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-grant-for-e-toilets/articleshow/15516207.cms
ReplyDeleteThank you Meghna for the link.
ReplyDelete'More "power" to Eram' and I am just not saying it. They are going to need it to keep the promise.
You are welcome. I hope the promise is kept.
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